We are experienced in handling diseased and infested material and are registered with the Forestry Commission as a professional operator.
Tree Pests & Diseases
We are experienced in handling diseased and infested material and are registered with the Forestry Commission as a professional operator.
We operate Plant Passports, working under plant health notices and movement restrictions and with customers who are Approved Processors for many affected crops. At all times we seek to ensure the best available cost recovery for timber.
Current challenges include:
• The larger eight-toothed European spruce bark beetle (Ips typographus)
Powell Forestry has been actively engaging with the Forestry Commission since 2021 to ensure we are able to provide commercial solutions to this problem.
• Ash dieback (Hymenoscyphus fraxineus)
We are experienced in working with ash trees affected by ash dieback which often present an operational challenge.
Our ash removal is usually caried out as a commercial operation with safety a core consideration. Each site is very different, and we have adapted our harvesting techniques to suit removing ash as a round wood and carrying out brash extraction when appropriate.
Further Services
Our services
Timber Harvesting
Harvesting operations are planned not only to demonstrate good silviculture and habitat conservation but also to produce maximum value.
Roadside Trees
Working with roadside trees requires specialist skills and experience, often using alternative equipment to that used for harvesting.
Sweet Chestnut Coppicing
Coppicing chestnut is a traditional practice producing durable fencing - stakes, strainers and rails - that do not need chemical preservatives.
Woodland Services
All operations required to maintain a sustainably managed woodland. We often bring supplementary services into harvesting process.